In The News 2 August 2010

Strickland, Ohio development director upset that stimulus funds outsourced to El Salvador

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Strickland, Ohio development director
upset that stimulus funds outsourced to El Salvador
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said he's upset that federal stimulus money went to a firm that outsourced work to an overseas call center, The Assocoiated Press reported this week.
"A Texas company hired to administer Ohio's popular appliance rebate program used hundreds of workers in El Salvador to process applications and to answer customers' calls," the AP said. "State officials learned of the arrangement on the day the stimulus program began in March, after a customer asked a call center employee where he was located and then complained to the state."
Lisa Patt-McDaniel, director of the Ohio Department of Development, said the administration was "horrified."
Several Republican congressmen from Ohio, including House Minority Leader John Boehner and U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette, said this week the stimulus-funded work should not have ended up in Central America, the AP reported.
Strickland, a Democrat, said the state will do a better job of investigating companies that get stimulus contracts.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said he's upset that federal stimulus money went to a firm that outsourced work to an overseas call center, The Associated Press reported this week.
"A Texas company hired to administer Ohio's popular appliance rebate program used hundreds of workers in El Salvador to process applications and to answer customers' calls," the AP said. "State officials learned of the arrangement on the day the stimulus program began in March, after a customer asked a call center employee where he was located and then complained to the state."
Lisa Patt-McDaniel, director of the Ohio Department of Development, said the administration was "horrified."
Several Republican congressmen from Ohio, including House Minority Leader John Boehner and U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette, said this week the stimulus-funded work should not have ended up in Central America, the AP reported.
Strickland, a Democrat, said the state will do a better job of investigating companies that get stimulus contracts.
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